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"My House"

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“Around here sometimes you do wish it was more like TV and a bigger-than-life character like House will just show up and conveniently solve everything”— J.D.

My House is the fourth episode of Scrubs' sixth season. Elliot takes her anger at Dr. Kelso out on Turk, Carla starts showing symptoms of postpartum depression, J.D. has problems with both his personal and work life and Dr. Cox feels like House when he has to solve the mystery of a man with unexplainable orange skin.

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In this parody of the TV series House, the staff faces several mysteries. First, the husband of a patient sharing a maternity room with Carla has bright orange skin; second, one of J.D.'s patients is suffering heart failure for no apparent reason; and third, Dr. Kelso is ignoring Elliot as punishment for her taking a private practice job, but she is lashing out at Turk instead.

Kim prepares to leave for Tacoma

Meanwhile, Kim is considering taking a new job in Seattle, and J.D. is trying to convince her to stay by being the most supportive boyfriend he can. However, his plan backfires when she takes his supportiveness as evidence that their relationship could survive a separation and accepts the job.

Carla wants a break from the baby

Turk and Carla are also having relationship problems, as he is trying to convince her to come home and return to work because she is racking up a huge hospital bill. Carla is angry at him for suggesting it and for being more concerned with money than her well-being.

Elliot reveals why she's angry at Turk

In the end, Dr. Cox saves the day by solving all of their mysteries: the orange man eats too many carrots, which turn him yellow, and too many tomatoes, which turn him red; J.D.'s patient's heart is failing due to "Broken Heart Syndrome," caused by the emotional trauma of her husband's recent death; and Elliot is mad at Turk because he hasn't acknowledged that she has moved on to a new job (while Kelso's bad treatment of Elliot indicates that he has).

What no one notices, however, is that Carla is sinking into postpartum depression.

Janitor is painting a life-sized mural in Elliot's new office, and apparently used a real dead person's head as a model. The paint bucket he is using ultimately falls on Cox's foot (causing him to use the cane) and the mixing of colors leads to Cox's revelation about the orange man.

The Janitor has a series of business cards with various professions on it: Painter, Air Traffic Controller, Gemologist, Captain of Industry, Middle Reliever, Ruggist

Janitor repeatedly tries to shoot J.D. with his paintball gun/business card maker, but he keeps missing (even though he hit Ted in the head with dead-on accuracy), but eventually got him after he received the news of Kim leaving.